As many of you know, our last month has been a paperwork nightmare. We were cabled on June 25th, and then on June 26th our world crashed when we were forwarded with an email from the consulate saying that there was a problem with our names. Our names in the Immigration approval forms did not match with the names in the Chinese approval forms, since the latter were as per our passports, and therefore contained our respective mother's maiden names.
Well, we basically had to go backwards two steps in the process, and found ourselves having to file yet another Supplement 3 application, along with an updated home study, in order to say that we were such and such. This was kind of superfluous, as our home study had always indicated our respective mother's maiden names. However, when you are in this type of situation, you learn to zip, zip, quite a bit, because after all someone else holds the string to LET us bring our daughter name.
So, exactly one month later, I received an email today from our agency indicating that last night a courier picked up our Article 5, which is basically the final approval given by the US to bring our Gabi home. The Article 5 was expressed to Beijing, and now we sit down and wait for the final two steps to be able to travel to China: Travel Approval and Consulate Appointment, better known in the adoption lingo as TA and CA, respectively.
Our agency has indicated that we should be able to travel on AUGUST 22nd, and now we sit and PRAY really hard for the last two steps to take very few days. I JUST WANT TO HOP ON A PLANE and complete our family.
"An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstances. The thread may stretch or tangle, but never break." - Ancient Chinese Proverb
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Gabriela turns 8 months old today, we received UPDATED INFORMATION and Gabi has a crib and a dresser
Today was a big day in Get Prepared for Gabi's Day. Today our Gabriela turns 8 months. We wish we were there to hug you and kiss you, my baby, but the day is coming. Sebastian reminded me yesterday that you were too little, and therefore we could not hug you too hard. Sebastian is quite excited, let me tell you. To have even more to celebrate, today the agency also sent us updated measurements for Gabriela. We now now that Gabi weighs 19.84 pounds, has 2 teeth (HOW CUTE!!!) and measures around 2.5 in shoes.
Finally, to make matters even better, we finally began to get the furniture in order for Gabriela's room. The dresser was placed in the room yesterday, and we installed Seba's former crib today. So excited that Gabi will get to use her brother's crib. Seba helped. Here is a picture of him and Floren.
姓 名 DOB 出生日期 Height(cm)WT(kg) head 头围(cm)chest胸围(cm)足长(cm) 牙齿数目
淦安立 2011.11.1 68 9 42.5 43.5 10 up row 1, lower row 1
Finally, to make matters even better, we finally began to get the furniture in order for Gabriela's room. The dresser was placed in the room yesterday, and we installed Seba's former crib today. So excited that Gabi will get to use her brother's crib. Seba helped. Here is a picture of him and Floren.
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